In addition to moving some chicken thighs from the freezer, I had a number of items in the refrigerator that needed to be recycled. Bo-ring! So instead of immediately getting to it, Jade and I spent the morning loitering around town, buying her a really cool skirt and blouse, drinking coffee and hot chocolate, visiting the post office to return the broken tarte tatin pan and, in general, shilly shallying and dilly dallying.

Taking a small peek inside the fishmonger’s, we spotted some fabulous tarboureich oysters and were moved to buy 10 for a light lunch. We should have bought at least 12! Anyway, the fishmonger gave us a very chic freezer bag for our future purchases.

Cheered by our walkabout and the oysters, I did indeed cook the chicken and leftovers. Posting later.

Grilled Tabouriech Oysters with Garlic Lemon Butter

5-6 tbsp butter, softened

Juice 1/2 lemon

1 tbsp parmesan, grated

1 tbsp parsley, chopped

1 tbsp chives, chopped

1 large garlic clove, minced

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp piment d’espelette

10-12 tabouriech oysters, opened and left on the half shell

Mix butter, lemon juice, parmesan, parsley, chives, garlic, salt and piment together. Place a knob of butter on each oyster and grill until bubbly.

Delicious! You only live once and boy, you know how to live! Thanks for sharing. Andrew and I are so excited to see that you’re headlining Food Porn Daily once again, too. Now if only we could follow your footsteps to the kitchen…